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A satellite in a circular orbit of radius R around planet X has an orbital period T. If Planet X had one-fourth as much mass, th

Iteru [2.4K]

<h2>Answer: 2T</h2>

According to the Third Kepler’s Law of Planetary motion <em>“The square of the orbital period of a planet is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis (size) of its orbit”.</em>

In other words, this law states a relation between the orbital period $T$ of a body (moon, planet, satellite) orbiting a greater body in space with the size $R$ of its orbit.

This Law is originally expressed as follows (in the case of planet X and assuming we have a circular orbit):

$T^{2}=\frac{4\pi^{2}}{GM}R^{3}$ (1)

Where:

$G$ is the Gravitational Constant

$M=1.9(10)^{27}kg$ is the mass of planet X

$R$ is the radius of the orbit of the satellite around planet X

If we want to find the period, we have to express equation (1) as written below and substitute all the values:

$T=2\pi\sqrt{\frac{R^{3}}{GM}}$ (2)

Now, we are asked to find the period when tha mass of the planet is $\frac{1}{4}M$ . In order to do this, we have to rewrite equation (2) with this new value:

$T=2\pi\sqrt{\frac{R^{3}}{G(\frac{1}{4}M)}}$ (3)

Solving:

$T=4\pi\sqrt{\frac{R^{3}}{G(\frac{1}{4}M)}}$ (4)

On the other hand, if we multiply both sides of equation (2) by 2, we have:

$2T=4\pi\sqrt{\frac{R^{3}}{GM}}$ (5)

As we can see, (5) is equal to (4). This means the orbital period is twice the orignal period.

Hence, the answer is:

If Planet X had <u>one-fourth </u>as much mass, the <u>orbital period</u> of this satellite in an orbit of the same radius would be <u>2T.</u>

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a city government received a $1 million grant to build swimming pools and skating rinks for youth. based on the data provided in

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We have that for the Question "A city government received a $1 million grant to build swimming pools and skating rinks for youth. based on the data provided in the graph, what is the opportunity cost of building one swimming pool?" it can be said that

OC=2

From the question we are told

A city government received a $1 million grant to build swimming pools and skating rinks for youth. based on the data provided in the graph, what is the opportunity cost of building one swimming pool?

Generally the equation for the Opportunity cost is mathematically given as

$OC=\frac{y_1-y_2}{x_1-x_2}\\\\OC=\frac{2-0}{1-0}\\\\OC=2$

Therefore

From the graph of the question we can ascertain that Opportunity cost

OC=2

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The speed of the rock at 20 m is 34.3 m/s

Explanation:

We can solve this problem by using the law of conservation of energy: the mechanical energy of the rock, sum of its potential energy + its kinetic energy) must be conserved in absence of air resistance. So we can write:

$U_i +K_i = U_f + K_f$